“Social Security is not just another government spending program. It is a promise from generation to generation.” GovernmentSocialGenerationsSecurityPromiseProgramSpendingSocial SecurityGovernment Spending Author:Hank Johnson
“Hard work and education will take you farther than any government program can ever promise.” HardGovernmentHard WorkPromiseProgramGovernment Programs Author:Mia Love
“North Korea is making several demands in exchange for giving up their nuclear program, including a promise from America not to attack them. Which is a little strange because for us to attack them we would have to have slam dunk proof that they have weapons of mass destruction. I mean, for Gods sakes people, we're not maniacs. It would have to be an air-tight case. We wouldn't just come in there and start bombing you.” PeopleGivingMeanLittlesAmericaCasesAirStrangePromiseDemandGiving UpWeaponsMassProgramDestructionIncludingSakeProofNuclearKoreaNorth KoreaWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionBombingSlamManiacsSlam Dunk Author:Jon Stewart
“That is certainly the promise of [Donald Trump] campaign and the promise of his economic program.This economic program is really the pickup truck of economic programs. It's the Ford F-150 of economic programs. It's about manufacturing. It's about oil, fossil fuels. It's a deliberate, forceful reassertion of an image of American industrialism that we have inherited from the 20th century.” EconomicCenturyTrumpPromiseProgramOilCampaignsFuel20th CenturyFossilsTruckDeliberateManufacturingFossil FuelPickupsPickup Trucks Author:Judy Woodruff
“Candidates run for election on campaign promises, but once they're elected they renege on those promises, which happened with President [Barack] Obama on Guantánamo, the surveillance programs and investigating the crimes of the Bush administration. These were very serious campaign promises that were not fulfilled.” RunningPresidentHappenedCrimeSeriousPromiseProgramElectionCampaignsAdministrationBarackCandidatesFulfilledSurveillancePresident Barack ObamaInvestigating Author:Edward Snowden
“Trump's "Make America Great Again" program trumpets a national identity built on scapegoating, self-pity and grandiosity, and the promise of a strongman.” SelfAmericaIdentityTrumpPromiseBuiltProgramPitySelf PityTrumpetsNational Identity Author:Susan Faludi
“The United Nations is actually a mid-20th century institution and much weaker than it was when it was originally created, because governments themselves are less capable of implementing the kind of promises or programs that they have put forward.” KindGovernmentNationsUnitedCenturyPromiseCapableProgramInstitutions20th CenturyUnited NationsImplementing Author:Mary Robinson
“The government is not your salvation. The government is not your road to prosperity. Hard work, education will take you far beyond what any government program can ever promise.” HardGovernmentHard WorkPromiseProgramSalvationProsperityGovernment Programs Author:Mia Love
“When you start one of these programs, school lunch programs, in a country that heretofore had nothing of that kind, immediately school enrollment jumps dramatically. Girls and boys get to the classroom with the promise of a good meal once a day.” KindCountrySchoolGirlBoysPromiseProgramMealsLunchClassroomBoy And GirlGood MealsSchool LunchEnrollment Author:George McGovern
“Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them the tools at their disposable that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. And our programs to help them should reflect that.” PeopleGivingShouldHelpingAmericaOpportunityBehindsPromiseOffersProgramToolsLeavingAccessEmpoweringConservatismDisposable Author:Marco Rubio
“We're saying no changes for Medicare for people above the age of 55. And in order to keep the promise to current seniors who've already retired and organized their lives around this program, you have to reform it for the next generation.” PeopleAgeOrderNextGenerationsPromiseProgramAgingCurrentsReformOrganizedBirthdaySeniorRetiredNext GenerationSaying NoMedicare50th Birthday Author:Paul Ryan
“There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further.” I CanScienceSpaceBusinessOne ThingPromiseTaxesProgramDollarsJust OneSpace ExplorationOuter SpaceSpace ProgramRocket ScienceTax Dollars Author:Wernher von Braun